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Roofs

Roof forms of various types covered with red clay barrel tile popping up and down is a signature event of the Tuscan Vernacular style. The mix of gable, hip, shed, mansard, or pavilion roofs set on the sandstone walled buildings should be used in a most disciplined manner to provide the appropriate look. Too elaborate a mix on any one building or one out of harmony with neighboring roofs should be avoided. A simple solution is always best as witnessed in the roofscapes of Charles Z. Klauder. Dovecote chimneys and towers of all sorts need to be carefully included when it is right to do so.

Baker Overlook, Charles Z. Klauder, 1936, Roofscape to west UMC, Moore & Bush, 1964, Dovecote chimneys Various, dovecote roofscapes Farrand Hall, Trautwein & Howard, 1948, Roofscape
Baker Overlook, Charles Z. Klauder, 1936, Roofscape to west UMC, Moore & Bush, 1964, Dovecote chimneys Various, dovecote roofscapes Farrand Hall, Trautwein & Howard, 1948, Roofscape
Ketchum Arts & Sciences, Charles Z. Klauder, 1938, Roofscape Engineering Center, Architectural Association, 1965, Roofscape Tuscany Roofs, roofscape Discovery Learning Center, KCJD, 2002, Roofscape
Ketchum Arts & Sciences, Charles Z. Klauder, 1938, Roofscape Engineering Center, Architectural Association, 1965, Roofscape Tuscany Roofs, roofscape Discovery Learning Center, KCJD, 2002, Roofscape